Sleepaway Camp Reviews

Deftly directed and laden with cartoonish characters performed with a seemingly intentional stilted weirdness, "Sleepaway Camp" is surprisingly distinguishable from its more blood-soaked contemporaries. Outlandishly comical due to the laughably contrasting era-specific acting styles within cliched yet incongruously heightened and dramatic juvenile situations delivered by the mostly adolescent cast whose hilariously campy dialogue is interspersed with varying methods of killing executed with decent practical effects, from knife, bee and curling tong attacks to drowning and scalding.

Despite its cult status, "Sleepaway Camp" is not meant to be taken seriously as a classic of the horror genre; a curio with a loose plot hinged on convolution and misdirection, the story takes a backseat to the gloriously atypical absurdity created by the oddball characters and their interactions. Every character behaves like a 1980s caricature rather than a stereotype, blending sexual confusion, teenage mayhem and crises with broad, overplayed strokes of obscenity and perversion, and it is these merits that set it apart from the litany of teen slashers released in its wake. It has its weaknesses, namely its dated elements and lack of topicality or context, but the twisted climax and disturbing flashbacks elevate it beyond standard slasher territory. Unpacking all of the hints and artfully concealed subversiveness is an enjoyable experience, and the strikingly epiphanous ending is decidedly trashy in its shock value, but adds a new dimension to the ambiguous relationships and indecipherable details established in the opening scene.

Not just your average "unseen killer on a vengeful rampage at a summer camp", the inapropos and (presumably) designedly bad performances, lack of film-making sophistication and outre psychosexual verve at the core of "Sleepaway Camp" pushes it past the bland, uninteresting measuring stick of "Friday the 13th", viewed as the better film when in fact it is far less creative and entertaining than this hidden gem.

Sleepaway Camp is one of the first summer camp slasher movies that was brought out in the 80's. A summer camp is the setting of the movie and all is well until someone starts killing the campers one by one. The movie has the same feel and acting as you would expect from an 80's slasher flick but it was still an entertaining movie. You will probably be able to guess who the killer is well before the end of the movie but the ending will still surprise you. This movie will appeal to those who enjoy movies like Friday the 13th or horror movies from the 80's.

One of the best slasher films ever! The 1983 movie about a young girl named Angela who is sent away to camp with her cousin. Ever since her arrival, Angela doesnt fit in, very shy and knowing no one but her cousin, she keeps to herself and says not a word to her bunk mates. Of course, as in every camp known to humankind, there are people who just want to fuck with her for being different; little do they know death is also staying at the camp and is intending to do what it does best... KILL!! Surviving a motor boat accident, Angela is sent to live with her Aunt and cousin and be raised by them. Doing a great job at defending her is her cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tierston) but doing a better job is the stranger killing all people who mean to do Angela harm at the camp. On top of the entire movie's good plot and awful 80's dress atire is one of the best endings (if not THE BEST) ending to a horror film.. EVER!! please, go out and get the survival kit, for the sequels are just as good!

Billy: Eat shit and die, Ricky!
Ricky: Eat shit and live, Bill!

This has the best ending of any movie..ever!